Bucharest's Prefect announces other drive-through vaccination centers against COVID-19 will open

Bucharest's Prefect Alin Stoica announced on Monday that other drive-through vaccination centers against COVID-19 will open, agerpres reports.

"Mall Vitan is a location, Cora Pantelimon is another location and the day after tomorrow one will open at Metro Metalurgiei in Sector 4", Alin Stoica said in a video posted on his Facebook page, on the occasion of his participation, together with the mayor Ciprian Ciucu, at the inauguration of the second drive-through vaccination center in Sector 6, in the Plaza Romania parking lot.

In his view, Sector 6 is an example of good practice, as it is the second open drive-through in a fairly short period of time.

"We have received support from the private sector and from state institutions, we have Anchor, which has helped us not only here, but also for Sector 3. Another drive-through center will open there and I thank the big traders again, at least in this area, the Gendarmerie, which also helps us with tents and other tools", Alin Stoica said.

Stoica noted that the pace of vaccination has slowed slightly this weekend, but expressed hope that it will recover through drive-through centers.

In other news, he said schools could reopen on Wednesday for all pupils in Bucharest, if the COVID-19 infection rate per thousand inhabitants remains on a downward trend on Tuesday.